Edward Schafer nominated to be Secretary of Agriculture
WASHINGTON - President Bush has nominated Edward T. Schafer to serve as the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
Lamb 509 short course offered again
COLUMBUS - Ohio State University Extension's Lamb 509 short course is being offered again after a two-year absence.
Lawsuit dismissed in MWCD battle
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio - The Ohio Supreme Court has dismissed a Massillon woman's lawsuit filed against the Conservancy Court of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District.
Ohio hunters encouraged to root out, kill all wild boars
COLUMBUS - Ohio's hunters are encouraged to harvest any feral swine they encounter in the wild in order to limit the spread of this destructive species in the state, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.
Shorthorn fall sale lots average a grand
DOVER, Ohio - The Eastern Ohio Shorthorn Association held its fall sale Oct. 21 at the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds in Dover, Ohio.
Teff may be a Midwest forage option
PRINCETON, Ky. - The heat of summer often leaves pastures and hayfields floundering and farmers looking for other options for livestock forages.
Bangladesh leader: Our problems are global problems
WOOSTER, Ohio - While the world debates the causes of global warming, the president of Bangladesh looks across his country and sees coastal regions that could be wiped out if the sea level rises even as little as 10 centimeters.
Going ‘above and beyond’ yields award for Foggy Hollow Farm
HANOVERTON, Ohio - Pete Conkle likes working with farm owner Peter Mowad. As program coordinator for the
Geauga Co. steer under investigation
SALEM, Ohio - The Ohio Department of Agriculture has launched an investigation of the Geauga County Fair's grand champion market steer.
Hay shortage starting to sink in; take time now to get ahead for next...
SALEM, Ohio - Nobody's letting go, and for good reason. Any farmer with baled hay to burn is holding it tight, knowing dairymen, beef and sheep producers, and horse and llama owners will keep scrambling to find forages, and that they'll open their wallets wider and wider to pay for it as winter sets in.












